Jennifer Garner, Susan Sarandon, Alicia Keys, Anne Hathaway, Tyler Perry and pro basketball player DeAndre Jordan are among the stars speaking out about the importance of education for girls around the globe

Despite what their publicists might recommend, plenty of celebrities turned to Twitter as a political soapbox in 2013. Here’s what stars including Ted Nugent, Britney Spears and Snoop Dogg had to say about Washington — in 140 or fewer characters — over the past year.